Define Your Direction.
Define the problem you're actually solving; draft your career hypothesis.
You can't solve a problem you haven't defined. A job change keeps the kind of work and swaps the employer; a career change changes the work itself. Naming which tells you how big the move really is - and turns it into a hypothesis you can test in Module 3.
~3h · 7 exercises
- Your goal: define the problem you're actually solving, then turn it into a testable hypothesis.
- A job change swaps employer or conditions. A career change swaps the work itself.
- A guess you can test beats a certainty you can't.
- My top change-reasons are written and reflected on, including the 'who do I know' row.
- The five dimensions are ranked, and my skills audit is done with 3 to 5 starred.
- My career hypothesis exists in writing.
- My Belief Check is complete: limiting belief, evidence, mantra.
Step by step
The lessons in this module
Work through each exercise in order. Every step has guidance, prompts, and a place to reflect — inside the hub or on paper.
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2.1 Career or Job Change?
~30 minPick your top 3 reasons for a change and dig into each.
Common reasons people consider a change: better opportunities · more money · stability · balance · health & wellbeing · growth · culture fit · boredom · recognition · flexibility.
**Pick your top 3** and, for each, write: the reason in your own words · why it matters and how life would differ if solved · what you could change now, and **who you know who made this move**.
Prompts to work through
- ·Reason 1 - in my words · why it matters · what I could change now & who I know who made this move
- ·Reason 2 - same prompts
- ·Reason 3 - same prompts
- ·Do I need a new job, or a new direction? What tells me that?
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2.2 Deal-breakers & Non-negotiables
~20 minName the floor you won't go below and the line that makes you walk.
A **non-negotiable** is something a role **must have** (a salary number, real ownership, remote flexibility). A **deal-breaker** is something **you won't tolerate** (constant weekend work, micromanagement). **Get specific** — name a number, a behavior, a boundary you could actually hold a role to.
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2.3 Rank What You're Solving For
~15 minRank the five dimensions 1–5. Your top two define the problem.
Five dimensions of a career move. **Rank them 1 (most important to change) to 5 (least).** Your **top two define the problem**.
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2.4 Transferable Skills Audit
~30 minList the skills you use most, star 3–5, then translate them.
A **transferable skill** travels across jobs because it isn't tied to one employer's tools. Scan the families below, list what you actually use, **star the 3–5 you want to keep using**, then **translate them into your target field's language**.
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2.5 Your Career Hypothesis
~20 minWrite your from/to statement - a guess you can test.
Your hypothesis is a **from/to statement**: a clear, two-part frame that maps the transition. The **'because' is what makes it testable**. You're not committing — you're naming it clearly enough to **check in Module 3**.
Example: 'I'm testing a move from operations director at a nonprofit toward chief of staff at a growth-stage company, because my systems and stakeholder strengths have more room (and more runway) there.'
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2.6 Achievements & Evidence
~40 minList 10 wins, pick your top 3, mine the skill + result + proof.
Belief isn't a pep talk — **it's evidence you can point to**. List **ten things you've done** that you're proud of (work or not). **A non-work win often proves a strength more honestly** than a polished work one.
Then **pick the 3** that best prove you can do the work you're moving toward. For each, mine: **the skill you used** · **the result, with a number if you have one** · **what it proves about you**. These are the raw material for **résumé bullets (5.3)** and **interview stories (7.1)**.
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2.7 The Belief Check
~15 minInterrupt impostor syndrome before it shows up.
From the Confidence Cycle™: name the **limiting belief** most likely to surface in this search, the **evidence that contradicts it**, and the **mantra you'll use when it shows up**.
- Read your career hypothesis aloud. Where does your voice wobble? That word is where the work is.
- Say your confidence mantra once out loud, even if it feels silly. Notice what shifts.
Ready to put pen to paper?
Download the full Career Confidence workbook with the worksheets for this module — or sign in to complete them inside the hub with your coach.